Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Submitted by ALovano on May 19, 2011 - 1:37pm
Medical School Affiliation: 
Case Western Reserve University
Institution Address: 
11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
United States
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Website(s): 
http://www.case.edu/med/emergencymedicine
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
8
Number of residents currently in training: 
24
Percentage of residents who are women: 
38.00
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Initial
Year program began: 
2009
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Amy
Coordinator Last Name: 
Lovano
Coordinator Email: 
amy.lovano@uhhospitals.org
Coordinator Phone: 
+1 1 216 844 3610
Coordinator Fax: 
+1 1 216 844 7783
Department Chair:
Chair First Name: 
Edward
Chair Last Name: 
Michelson, MD
Program Director
Director First Name: 
Barry E.
Director Last Name: 
Brenner, MD, PhD
Director Email: 
barry.brenner@uhhospitals.org
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
David
Last Name: 
Cheng, MD
Title: 
Associate Residency Director
First Name: 
Carrie
Last Name: 
Cregar, MD
Title: 
Assistant Residency Director
First Name: 
Amy Pound, MD
Last Name: 
Clerkship Director
Phone: 
+1 216 844 5918
Email: 
amy.pound@uhhospitals.org
Research Director
First Name: 
Vicken
Last Name: 
Totten MD
Phone: 
+1 1 216 844 3733
Areas of department research interest: 
1 - Acute Asthma 2 - Suicide 3 - HIV 4 - Cerebrovascular Events 5 - ED Throughput 6 - Anaphylaxis 7 - Geriatrics
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
10
Number of peer reviewed manuscripts published in the last 5 years: 
15
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
12
Describe how the residents meet the requirement of engage in scholarly activity: 
All residents must submit a publishable manuscript before graduation.
Primary Site
Institution name: 
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
1032
Number of beds in ED: 
63
Total number of annual ED visits: 
85000
Pediatric visits (%): 
38
Admission rate (%): 
28
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
6
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
20
Miles from primary training institution: 
0
Unique attributes: 
We have a beautiful state-of-the-art new Center for Emergency Medicine which opened July 2011. This holds a 17 bed Level 1 Pediatric Emergency Department, a 14 bed Rapid Care Area and a 31 bed Adult Emergency Department. The adult department includes 3 trauma and resuscitation rooms, one of which is adjacent to our 320 slice MDCT Toshiba CT scanner. We have an intra-department laboratory, two SANE examination rooms, and one decontamination room with the largest fixed MCI decontamination shower in Northern Ohio. We are also the home of the Northern Ohio Poison Control Center. University Hospital Case Medical Center sits in the center of University Circle and is directly across the street from Severance Hall, the home of the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra. It also sits between the east and west campuses of Case Western Reserve University. We're blocks away from the Museum of Art, Cleveland Botanical Gardens and future home of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Close neighborhoods include Little Italy and Coventry. We are in viewing distance of the Frank Gehry designed CWRU - Peter B. Lewis Building housing the Weatherhead School of Management.
Second Site
Institution name: 
MetroHealth Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
731
Number of beds in ED: 
72
Total number of annual ED visits: 
74200
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Miles from primary training institution: 
7
Unique Attributes: 
Level One Regional Trauma Center - Trauma Team/ICU rotation
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
33
Number of core faculty: 
9
Female faculty (%): 
25
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
20 weeks Adult ED Inc 4 wk PedRapid Care
4 weeks Trauma
4 weeks Orientation
4 weeks MICU
4 weeks Ortho Adult/Peds
4 weeks Radiology/US
4 weeks Pediatrics
4 weeks Anesthesia
4 weeks OB/Gyn
PGY-2: 
24 weeks Adult ED
4 weeks Peds ED
4 weeks Neuro/NSU
4 weeks CICU
4 weeks Peds ICU
4 weeks Selective
4 weeks Trauma
4 weeks Elective
PGY-3: 
28 weeks Adult ED
4 weeks EMS
4 weeks Peds ICU
4 weeks Elective
4 weeks Peds ED
4 weeks MICU
4 weeks Admin/Tox
Resident Benefits
Number of vacation or personal days: 
28.00
Types of insurance coverage provided: 
Medical, dental and vision depending on your selected plan(s)
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
Yes
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
Membership provided in ACEP, EMRA, AAEM. We provide copy of Rosen's Textbook of Emergency Medicine, and Simon and Brenner's Procedures in Emergency Medicine. Residents are also given access to MD Challenger for Emergency Medicine during the duration of their residency. For travel to a national conference EM1's receive $250, EM2's receive $750, EM3's receive $1000 and chief residents (two) receive $1250. Presentation at a national conference reimbursed. Tuition support for all 3rd year residents to attend an emergency medicine board review course 5 hours of weekly teaching conferences comprised of topics in emergency medicine, morbidity and mortality, didactic, monthly to bi-monthly. Journal club reflecting an Evidence-Based Medicine, consensus conference style format for incorporating new information into the emergency physician’s practice, nationally recognized ethicist panelists review EM resident cases at a yearly emergency medicine ethics symposium each year developed by EM1’s, mock cases and simulations with developed scenarios and actors, develop and complete a CQI project. Several cadaver labs each year with expert EM faculty who developed both the old and new procedures in emergency medicine.